ts_zip: Text Compression Tool Using Large Language Models Achieves High Compression Ratios

Summary

ts_zip is a text compression utility that uses Large Language Models (LLMs) to achieve significantly higher compression ratios than traditional compression tools like xz. The article presents comparative data showing ts_zip achieving compression ratios of 1.142-1.431 bits per byte (bpb) on text files, outperforming xz's 2.551-2.717 bpb. The tool can compress and decompress text files, though the author notes there are some caveats to its use.